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pigeonhole

('p/I//dZ//@/n,h/oU/l )

a specific (often simplistic) category(noun.cognition)

source: wordnet30
a small compartment(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
cubbyhole

source: wordnet30
A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.(noun)

source: webster1913

place into a small compartment(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
stamp, stereotype

source: wordnet30
To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.(verb)

source: webster1913

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